TACOMA, Wash.—Lewis & Clark College softball continued their record-setting weekend on Sunday by setting the program record for most runs in an official game (27) in game one and the single-season record for wins (23) in game two, in a sweep of the University of Puget Sound. 
 
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 27, Puget Sound 9 (6 Innings)
Lewis & Clark 11, Puget Sound 3 (6 Innings
(Lewis & Clark 23-13, Northwest Conference 17-7) 
(Puget Sound 7-25, NWC 5-19) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Pioneers racked up 38 runs on 34 hits on Sunday as they set the single-season record for runs as well. In game one, Lewis & Clark scored their most runs in a game since 1979 and most hits since 2016. Sophomore Charlize Pope shut the Loggers bats down in game two and Lewis & Clark scored multiple runs in four innings to break a tie with the 1990 team for most wins in program history. 
 
With their fourth and final win of the weekend, Lewis & Clark clinched a spot in the four-team Northwest Conference Tournament for just the second time in program history (2021). The Pioneers need one win or one Pacific Lutheran University loss next weekend to wrap up the second seed in the NWC Tournament. 
 
Sophomore Gina Ozuna had a remarkable day out of the leadoff spot. The second baseman went 8-10 with five runs, five RBI, two doubles and a stolen base. She posted five hits in the opener alone and tied the program record for doubles in a single-season (12) in game one. 
 
GAME ONE RECAP 
 
After seeing their 9-0 lead reduced to one, Lewis & Clark scored 18 runs in a row, including 12 in the top of the sixth inning, to put together one of the best offensive team performances in program history. 

The Pioneers scored 27 runs on 22 hits, including five doubles and a homer, and seven walks. Eleven players recorded hits and 15 players scored in the victory.
 
Ozuna put together the best game of her career by going 5-6 with three runs, four RBI and a pair of doubles. 
 
Fellow sophomore Megan Yanagi went 3-4 with four runs, two RBI, a double and a walk. Sophomore Emily Patton tacked on three hits in four at-bats, four runs, an RBI, a double and a walk. Sophomore McKenna Zehnder went 2-4 with two runs and two RBI. Senior Mari Alvarez tacked on two hits, a run scored, three RBI and a walk. Senior Sam Gildersleeve hit the Pioneers lone home run and went 1-3 with three runs and three RBI.
 
In the circle, sophomore Maggie O'Leary earned the win by going 4.2 innings allowing six hits, four walks and four earned runs. Pope came on for the sixth inning and allowed one hit over a scoreless frame. 
 
Lewis & Clark raced out to a 9-0 lead over the first 2.5 innings. The Pioneers took a 6-0 lead in the first and then made it 8-0 in the second when Gildersleeve bashed a two-run home run. The visitors stretched their advantage to 9-0 in the third on Alvarez's second sac fly of the game. 
 
Puget Sound struck back with eight runs in the third inning. With the rain beginning to come down at the start of the inning, Puget Sound scored three runs before Lewis & Clark made a pitching change. After a long delay, the Loggers kept the bats going and forced the Pioneers to go back to O'Leary. The sophomore allowed an RBI single but Madison Scroggins threw out the runner trying to score from second to keep the game 9-8 and O'Leary induced a fly out to end the inning. 
 
The Pioneers would bounce back in a big way with two runs in the fourth, four more in the fifth and 12 in the sixth. 
 
Katie Ingersoll (single) and Ozuna (double) each posted RBI hits in the fourth and Yanagi, Zehnder (two RBI) and Ozuna extended the lead with run scoring hits in the fifth. 
 
Lewis & Clark scored 12 runs in the sixth inning. They sent 16 batters to the plate and racked up seven hits, three walks and a hit by pitch. Yanagi, Makena Dahir, Alyssa Hoeke, Ozuna (double), Lacey Marglin (two-run double) and Alvarez all posted RBI hits in the inning. 
 
GAME TWO RECAP 
 
Pope shut down the Loggers offense for a second-straight day and the first four hitters in the Pioneers order combined to go 9-15 with five runs, eight RBI, two doubles and a walk. Lewis & Clark scored multiple runs in four of the six innings en-route to their third mercy-rule win of the weekend. 
 
Pope earned her career-high 10^th win of the season by going six innings. She allowed five hits, one walk and one earned run and struck out a season-high eight batters. 
 
Scroggins paced the offense by going 3-4 with two runs, three RBI and a double. Ozuna added on three hits, two runs and an RBI. Yanagi chipped in two hits, a run scored, two RBI and a double. Alvarez registered a double, two RBI and a walk. 
 
Lewis & Clark needed just four batters to take the lead. Ozuna opened the game with a single and Yanagi followed with a one-out double. Alvarez blasted a double up the middle to easily score both runners. 
 
The Pioneers pushed their lead to 3-0 in the second. Zehnder opened the frame with a single and was standing on third with two down. Scroggins beat out an infield single to plate Zehnder.
 
After Puget Sound cut the deficit to 3-1 in the third, Lewis & Clark immediately responded with two runs. With two outs, Ozuna singled, Scroggins doubled and Yanagi drove in both runners with a single to left. 
 
Puget Sound cut the deficit to 4-3 in the bottom of the fourth off a Pioneers reliever. Pope stepped back into the circle with no outs and a runner on first. She struck out two of the next three batters to keep the lead. 
 
Lewis & Clark would start a run of seven-straight runs scored in the fifth. Dahir registered her second pinch-hit RBI single of the game with a one-out single that scored Gildersleeve. With two outs, Ozuna singled to left to make it 6-3 and Scroggins roped a single to right field to score Hoeke and Ozuna. 
 
The Pioneers extended their advantage to 11-3 in the sixth. Alvarez opened the frame with a walk and was replaced on the basepaths by Pippi Jepsen. Jepsen stole second and then took third and home on wild pitches. With two down, Zehnder belted a double to center to score Emily Patton. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The Pioneers game two win on Sunday was the program's 23^rd of the season. The 1990 team had held the program record for wins in a season for nearly 35 years, after going 22-13-1. 
• Lewis & Clark's offensive display in game one was one for the ages. Their 27 runs are the most in program history since 1978 when the Pioneers defeated Portland State's JV team 29-2. The NCAA does not count games against JV competition as official contests so the 27 runs are an official single-game record. 
• Yanagi finished the day 5-8 with five runs, four RBI and two doubles. She recorded a career-high three hits and four runs scored in game one. 
• Game one's offensive fireworks also saw the Pioneers set the program record for most total combined runs in a game (36 – had been 31). Lewis & Clark also recorded their sixth-biggest winning margin in program history (18). It was the team's largest win margin since 2016, when Lewis & Clark swept a doubleheader against Walla Walla University 23-1 and 23-3. The Pioneers 27 runs in a conference game were their most ever, surpassing the team's 19 runs scored against Puget Sound on March 1, 2014 (19-4).
• Ozuna's five hits in game one are tied for the second-most hits in a single-game by any NCAA DIII player this season. Her two doubles in game one moved her into a four-way tie with Emily Drevdahl (2019 season), Hannah Dal Pra (2016) and Carol DeVincenzi (2011) with 12 doubles in a single-season. 
• The Pioneers 27 runs in game one are tied for the fifth-most by an DIII team this season. Lewis & Clark's 22 hits are tied for 16^th-most. Both totals are the most by an NWC team this season. 
• Lewis & Clark set the program record for runs in a single-season in game one. The Pioneers 229 runs (38 on Sunday) surpassed the 2023 season that finished with 209 runs. The team also set the program record for RBI this weekend (208) which was set in 2016 (177). 
• Gildersleeve (32 runs) is currently one run scored away from tying the program record for runs in a single-season. Linda Kelly set the program record for runs in 1976 with 33. 
• In three games this weekend, Pope went 2-0 with a 0.58 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 12 innings pitched. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will host George Fox University on Friday at Noon and 2 p.m. in their final two home games of the season. Prior to first pitch, Lewis & Clark will honor their seniors with their Senior Day Ceremony.